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You can search for a marine species or other entities that have been tagged in the message content by using the search box on the right hand side of the page.

Browse the WoRMS taxonomy


You can also find a marine species by browsing through the WoRMS taxonomy on the right hand side.

The taxonomy here displays all parent and child nodes of the taxonomy that are tagged as accepted or synonymised. Only species tagged as marine are shown (so you may find some parent nodes with no species within them).

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Click the links to browse through the WoRMS marine species taxonomy.
Animalia
  Mollusca
  Porifera
  Platyhelminthes
  Nematoda
  Annelida
  Nemertina
  Arthropoda
  Ctenophora
  Cnidaria
  Sipuncula
  Echiura
  Pogonophora
  Entoprocta
  Tardigrada
  Phoronida
  Brachiopoda
  Echinodermata
  Hemichordata
  Chordata
    Urochordata
    Cephalochordata
      Leptocardii
        Branchiostomidae
          Amphioxus
          Asymetron
          Branchiostoma
              Branchiostoma lanceolatum
              Branchiostoma caribaeum
              Branchiostoma belcheri
              Branchiostoma haecklii
              Branchiostoma bazarutense
              Branchiostoma lubricum
              Branchiostoma minucauda
              Branchiostoma capense
              Branchiostoma arabiae
              Branchiostoma africae
              Branchiostoma bennetti
              Branchiostoma bermudae
              Branchiostoma californiense
              Branchiostoma elongatum
              Branchiostoma floridae
              Branchiostoma gambiense
              Branchiostoma indicum
              Branchiostoma leonense
              Branchiostoma longirostrum
              Branchiostoma malayanum
              Branchiostoma mortonense
              Branchiostoma nigeriense
              Branchiostoma platae
              Branchiostoma senegalense
              Branchiostoma tattersalli
              Branchiostoma virginiae
          Epigonichthys
          Asymmetron
        Asymmetronidae
    Vertebrata
    Tunicata
  Gastrotricha
  Chaetognatha
  Ectoprocta
  Mesozoa
  Rotifera
  Gnathostomulida
  Acanthocephala
  Cycliophora
  Cephalorhyncha
  Placozoa
  Bryozoa
  Myxozoa
  Sipunculida
  Pentastomida
  Nemertini
Plantae
Fungi
Protozoa
Bacteria
Chromista
Archaea
Viruses
Monera